<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><font size="-1"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td id="gmail-m_637222326138068675bodyText-124" style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:150%;color:rgb(165,40,52)" align="left"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:150%;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px">“COVID-19
has evolved to become a debate about the distribution of power in
society—central government versus local government, young versus old,
rich versus poor, white versus black, health versus the economy. Those
most at risk of COVID-19 are some of the least powerful in our society.
Those working in public health do not see themselves as instruments of
capitalist states. On the contrary, they view health to be of such
intrinsic value that it must be fought for and defended. But we need to
be clear-sighted about our alliance with government to address this
syndemic. Medicine and public health are being co-opted into a political
programme of population control to protect the power of the modern
neoliberal state. The struggle for health is a struggle for human
dignity, liberty, and equity. But we must also
meet our obligation to question power and its effects on truth, and
truth and its effects on power.”</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:150%;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Richard Horton, Editor in Chief, The Lancet</strong></span><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(211,84,0)"></span></span><br></p>
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